Railway-tie.



A. TRALIOT.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24. 1909.

' Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

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ARNOLD TRALIOT, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Application filed August 24, 1909.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARNOLD TRALIOT, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway-ties, and more particularly to that class of ties known as composite ties constructed of iron or steel and cement, concrete, or other suitable plastic composition.

The primary object of my invention is the production of ties of this character which will withstand the heavy jarring action of trains passing over them and which are so constructed that crumbling of the tie cannot occur.

Another object of my invention is the provision of means whereby the rails can be easily and securely fastened to the ties and as readily removed therefrom.

A further object is to so construct the ties that the rails will be held against lateral movement and shall be so anchored to the embedded metallic members that the strain will be distributed over the entire length of the ties; also to provide a composite tie which is comparatively light in weight, ossesses the required flexibility and durabi ity, and which has its corners protected by the metallic reinforcing bars.

To these ends, the i'vention consists in the construction, arran ement, and combination of parts to be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out inthe subjoined claims.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a perspective view pf two adjoinmg ties having sections of rails secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through one end of a tie and a cross-section through a rail secured thereto. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on line 83, Fig. ,2. Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken on line '44, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the reinforcing bars used in the construction of my improved tie. Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of one of the anchor bars to which the sccuring-bolts are anchored. Fig. 7 is a detached perspective view of one of the securing-bolts.

Referring now to the drawings in detail,' like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 22, 1910..

Serial No. 514,414.

The reference letter A designates the tie I considered as a whole and B the rails secured thereto.

he body of the tie is constructed of cement composition or concrete and metallic reii'iforcing-members. The cement composition or concrete is designated by the letter C and the reinforcing-member by the letter 1). Said reinforcing-members, preferably four in number, are embedded in the concrete and extend from end to end of the tie, each member being constructed of a bar substantially T-shape in cross-section and having a web E and a trough-like head F centered on said web. These reinforcing-members are arranged at the four corners of the tie and the webs extend from the corners toward a common center. members serve as protectors for the concrete corners of the tie and consist of a center portion f arranged at a right-angle to the web E and two flanges 7 arranged at such an angle to the center portion f that their outer faces are tie. The webs E have openings 6 throughout their length in which the cement composition or concrete is held and the lnner edges of the webs are provided with lateral lips e, preferably oppositely-directed alternately. The webs so constructed assure a secure bonding of the reinforcing-members within the cement or concrete material.

Near each end of the tie, a narrow longitudinally-disposed opening G is formed and embedded in the concrete and extending transversely through each opening are two curved anchor-bars H, having hooks h at their ends which are passed through the end opening 0 in the two lower reinforcing-members and hook onto the webs of the latter, as clearly shown in Fi 3. 1

The rails B lie centrally over the openings Grand resting upon the flanges thereof are 1 securing-plates I which have extended off-set 1 bearing-portions i resting upon the upper I faces of the ties, the u per faces of said plates having an incline surface '5, for the purpose to appear presently. Two securingplates are employed to fasten the rails to each tie, one being \the rail and each plate has an obliquely- (lisposed bolt-hole J through which the threaded end of a securing-bolt K extends. llach securing-bolt has a hook is at its inner 1 end which is engaged with one of the anchor- 2. bars ll and these bolts, like the bolt-holcs flush with adjoining sides of the The heads of the reinforcingplaced on each side of and] of the strain alon the lower reinforcing I 13 O L j 1 member 0: too ties, LhllS len thening the ties and the rail fastenings.

section shown in l 2 is taken curved portion of a railway-track, wn representing the outer rail of 'lhe inner securing-plate is simithe track is straight, but the outer have shown with an upwardlyd extension L at its inner end which the outer face of the web of and serves to more effectively withtflfi enormous lateral strain to which i subjected when trains pass over ed portion a track at a high rate eed,

Filllg nvention, what i. comprising a body l material and metallic anged lengthwise there in at the to e co iers thereof, said reinl webs disposed obbars com sing c; iroin the corners inward i a COl'ZlZLQTl center and heads at the edges of webs facing the corners 1 tie.

2. A railwaycomprising a body formed of molded material and having me tallie reinforcing bars arranged lengthwise therein at the four corners thereof, said reinforcing-bars being arranged obliquely so as to extend from the corners toward a common center.

3. A railway-tie comprising a body red of molded material and metallic reiniorcing-bars arranged lengthwise therein at the four corners thereof, said reinforcingbars having fiat webs arranged obliquely within said body and extending from the corners thereof toward. a common center and flanges at the outer sides of said webs to form heads facing the ties at the corners,

d. A railway-tie comprising a body formed o1 molded material and metallic reinforcing-bars arranged lengthwise there in at the four corners thereof, said rein-' longitudinal series a o the form used on both sides of a railbody, and transv ceases embedded in said body and converging lo- Ward the center in lines passing through the corners.

61A. railway-tie formed oi molded r reinforcing-bars h a liquely to extend :"r body toward a coma at the outer edges faces are flush with the web or each re comprising a body aterial and metallic webs arranged ohi the corners of said center and flanges V. Webs whose outer e sides of said body, arcing-bar having a penings and laterd therefrom and ally-directed lips oppositely-disposed 1A railway c aprislng a formed of molded forcing-bars ember body P erial, metallic reinlengthwise in said disposed. anchortheir ends to said led with rails restsecuring-bolts conmembers connectcc reinforcing-l are; c ing upon said tie nected to to fasten he rails 8. railway- L, formed of molded forcing-l and havo openi an anchor-bar en l body and having passed through ti iiorcing-bars and hes combined with ra' "arising body ill, metallic rein: engthwise therein. osite ends, and A each end of said 5 at opp e ends enings in said reinonto the latter; resting upon said tie; secur ng plates beer 0 against said rails securing-bolts havi nooks at their inner ends engaging said anchor-bars and having their outer ends passed through said securing-plates. and nuts applied to the outer end or said securing-l: olts.

9. A railway-tie comprising a body formed of molded material having a longitudinal slot at each end extending from top to bottom thereof, metallic reinforcing-bars embedded within said body, said bars lying on opposite sides of said longitudinal slots and having openings in line with said slots. two anchor-bars embedded in said body at each end and extending transversely through said longitudinal slots said anchor-bars having their ends bent into hooks passed through the openings in said reinforcingbars so as to engage the latter; combined with rails resti upon said tic, securing-plates at each side of each rail. coacting-with the flanges or" the latter and provided with obliquely-disposed bolt-holes, two securing-bolts in. each longitudinal slot of said body having books at their inner ends engaging said 2 l l s and having their outer ends thsac ed and passed through the bol )lQS in said securingplates, the scour-in colts in each longitudinal slot being arr ell obliquely to cross each otheiz and nuts applied to the threaded ends of said bolts.

10. it railway-tie comprising a body formed of molded material, reinforcing bars embedded lengthwise therein, and anchorbars connecting said reinforcing-bars and curved downward; combined with rails resting upon said tie, and securing-bolts for fastening said rails tothe tie having their inner ends connected to said anchor-bars.

11. A railway=tie comprising a body formed of plastic or concrete material, reinforcing-bars embedded lengthwise therein and arranged at the corners of said body, and an anchor-member at each end of sald body connecting the reinforcing-bars at the lower corners of said tie; combined with ing an upwardly-directed extension bearing against the -web of the rail, and securingbolts passed through said securing-plates and connected to sald anchor-member.

In testimony whereof, I have aflixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

ARNOLD TRALIOT. \Vitnesses H. H. GInBoNs, J. H. Bos'ron.

their flanges, the outer securing-plate hav- 

